So how much will Gordon’s Brown’s u-turn on building a Super Casino in Manchester cost the city where it was supposed to be located - £1 billion according to local politicians.

It was to be the first of its kind in Britain but, after grandiose promises from Brown’s predecessor Tony Blair, the plans have been shelved.

Manchester city council now says that the government's halting of the proposed super casino will cost the city a massive £1 billion.

While the largest urban hub of Lancashire has undergone an extensive face lift in recent years the Council were planning that with the revenue generated from the Super Casino for further modernisation and development.

Manchester were almost spending the money before the cheque had cleared and now theres growing resentment for the Government in the city.

Leader of Manchester's council Sir Richard Leese is quoted by the Manchester Evening News as saying "Overall, the lost opportunity to build a mixed-use scheme anchored by a regional casino would cost Manchester £1 billion over a ten-year period."

Mr. Leese added that alternatives for regenerating the area could not generate anywhere near as many jobs as the super casino, with 500 positions being the projection for alternative schemes and over 3,000 the projection for the super casino.

The casino was to be built at Sport city but Prime Minister Gordon Brown nixed the idea fearing bad press at the start of his Premiership.

Despite backing initial plans for the Super Casino Brown back tracked when the motion to push forward the proposals was voted down in the House of Lords earlier in the year.
Manchester initially won the bid to build the casino in January, beating off London and Blackpool.

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